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In a recent interview shared on the team's Twitter account, the eight-time NBA All Star joked that playing with the likes of rookie Trae Young is like playing with his sons.

"It's like dad playing with his kids," Carter said. "I'm one with it now. If I'm sitting here three, four years ago, it'd spook me out a little bit. Now, I get it."

Carter, 41, penned a one-year, $2.4 million dollar deal for the upcoming season. He previously spent a year with the Kings and three seasons with the Grizzlies. Carter has also played for Dallas, Phoenix, Orlando, Toronto and New Jersey - where he started in 1998.

"Coming here to Atlanta, it's just a great opportunity," Carter said. "Atlanta's a wonderful city, it's close to home for me. I work my butt off in the summer time to play."

The former NBA Rookie of the Year is one of just seven players ever to play at least 20 seasons in the league.

"My blueprint doesn't work for every player, but it's how to figure out your blueprint is what I try to help these guys understand and realize," Carter said.

"We're trying to move forward and get better, bringing in the new. Sometimes it's cool to bring an old guy in to kind of help and I'm more than thrilled to be a part of the face-lift, if you would, of what's going on here."